Job Title:  OpEx Manager

The Operational Excellence Manager liaises with business leaders to identify, assess, and analyze opportunities for continuous improvement, directly interacts with business teams to align training and improvement plans with their strategic objectives and ensures that projects have clear ownership within the business to drive execution.

Responsabilitites

Lead utilization of the Operational Excellence within the LCR Campus in support of Business Unit needs.

Know which and when to apply various continuous improvement tools and concepts to effectively execute key business projects.

In conjunction with the Business/Divisional/Corporate Operational Excellence leaders, successfully execute the Operational Excellence strategic roadmap.

Establish and work closely with the Operational Excellence Core Team to identify ways to accelerate culture change and embed the Operational Excellence as a ‘way-of-life’ within the BU.

Collaborate in the improvement of the efficiency and productivity of production lines and equipment.

Delivers training in the Operational Excellence such as lean leadership, value stream mapping, kaizen, daily management, waste and variation elimination, material flow, standard work, cellular flow, SMED, 5S, visual management, lean sourcing, lean office, built-in quality, etc.

Identify areas for improvement in processing efficiencies, capacity, energy, safety, and environmental systems.

Identify best practices within and outside the company and serve as a conduit for best practice sharing and adoption across the business to promote the Operational Excellence benefits.

Provide guidance and collaborates for chartering of projects and kaizen events.

Support development of OpEx Black belts and kaizen leaders within the business functional areas to support on-going process improvement. 

Manage and facilitate continuous improvement projects and Kaizen events to improve productivity and accelerate growth, as well as improve space utilization.

EHS, QMS's, Gubernamental, etc. / Fully Corporate & Regulatory compliance: EHS, QMS’s, Governmental, etc.

Manage the Business’ Operational Excellence resource Skills & Capabilities matrix.

Responsible for coordinating Root Cause Countermeasure process to close Gaps in business KPIs and OpEx goals/objectives.

Partner with Finance personnel to evaluate project savings estimates, validate reported OpEx benefits, and ensure accurate accounting of OpEx Initiatives Impact. 

Actively use CAD/CAM software to update layout improvements.

May periodically be assigned to lead specific projects across the Business Unit, Division, Group or company, which align with the OpEx strategic plan and AMETEK objectives.

Education and Skills

5 years of experience in the position or similar

College degree

Bilingual Spanish / English 

Six Sigma certification (preferably).

Knowledge of lean manufacturing.

Knowledge in Project management.

Knowledge of ISO 9001.